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- EXPERIENCE
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PRACTICES
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Education
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Brooklyn Law School,
J.D., cum laude, 2010
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University of Rochester,
B.A., cum laude, 2006
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Admissions
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New York
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Affiliations
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New York State Bar Association
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American Bar Association
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Recognitions
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Recognized as one of Secured Finance Network’s 40 Under 40
2022
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Included in New York Super Lawyers (by Thomson Reuters) Rising Stars list
2018, 2019, 2021
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Employment
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Thompson Coburn;
Partner, 2021-Present
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Hahn & Hessen;
Partner, 2020-2021
Associate, 2010-2020
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Ariele represents clients in a variety of secured commercial lending transactions.
Her experience stretches across a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisition finance, asset-based loans, cash-flow loans, refinancing and debt restructurings and receivables purchase facilities. She also advises her clients on distressed loan workouts and debtor-in-possession loans.
Ariele's clients include national banks, commercial finance companies, and other institutional lenders, along with hedge funds and private equity firms.
Representative Matters:
Represented the agent bank in a $150 million senior secured revolving credit and term loan facility to an operator of supermarket chain.
Represented the agent bank in a $450 million syndicated senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility provided in connection with a private equity fund acquisition of a major advertising and contact information provider.
Represented the senior lender in a $35 million senior secured cross-border (collateral in Mexico and the Netherlands) asset-based revolving credit facility to a designer, manufacturer and assembler of motion control systems and customized industrial components.
Represented the borrower in a $50 million warehouse line for a merchant cash advance provider.
Represented the agent bank in a syndicated $140 million senior secured cross-border revolving credit facility to a provider of asset recovery and management services and subsequently in the successful workout and full payoff of the facility.
Publications
“Revisions to the Loan Syndication Trading Association's Trading Documentation - Interest and Accruing Fees,”
August 2016